Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hated and despised Kenneth Bianchi, 27, a security guard in Bellingham, Wash. "Ken doesn't know how to handle women," he snarled. "You gotta treat 'em rough." He spoke crudely of his sexual exploits with women and then said of Bianchi: "Boy, did I fix that turkey. I got him in so much trouble, he'll never...
...SALT debate. Though some observers argue that nothing could have been done to save the Shah or promote an acceptable successor regime, nothing was really tried. CIA activities had been curtailed in Iran because of too much publicity; there was no U.S. presence capable of influencing events. "A quick fix" is not possible in covert action, says Richard Helms, who served as ambassador to Iran after retiring as CIA director in 1973. But he believes ways can be found to help a friendly regime that is in trouble if there is a will to find them. What people...
PRESIDENT CARTER has no sweeping, coherent vision of a national energy policy that could inspire public support. Instead, he has fixated on decontrol of oil prices -- the quick fix of market forces, instead of the tougher job of building national policy. If indeed the energy crisis is "the moral equivalent of war," Carter should not leave the shooting up to the oil companies...
...budget is a little crazo too, up $4 million from the original $20 million because of the stunts and Spielberg's quest for perfection. "The most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years," says Spielberg, 31, who neither smokes, drinks, nor touches all those drugs that are served like hors d'oeuvres at Hollywood parties. But then Spielberg and his live-in companion for the past three years, Actress Amy Irving (Voices), hardly ever go out. Most of the time they stay in their house in Coldwater Canyon...
...summer long, you wait for it. Baseball is unquestionably baseball, but it can get on your nerves after a while and besides, it's not hockey. The Stanley Cup play-offs of the previous year seem a distant memory, and something, anything, is needed for a fix. Maybe it's some international game on PBS, or a highlight film at three in the morning. Most likely, though, there's nothing until the first week of October and opening day has arrived. The hockey mindset grabs you, and that...